Conference: 2021-04-16

220 cases — 0 granted, 220 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-8413 Troy Pope v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice federal-law-application federal-state-comity habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-court-decision Whether the Alabama state courts and federal district court unreasonably applied clearly established federal law in denying habeas relief to the petit…
20-1008 State Farm Life Insurance Company v. Michael G. Vogt Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (3) class-certification class-members class-representative damages damages-model fail-safe-class intraclass-conflict rule-23 universal-life-insurance Whether Rule 23 allows class certification where the damages models offered by the class representative would harm a substantial number of class membe…
20-1054 Vipula D. Valambhia, et al. v. United Republic of Tanzania, et al. District of Columbia Denied bank-account commercial-activities commercial-activities-exception direct-effects foreign-judgments foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity international-law judgment-recognition jurisdiction payments u.s.-banking Whether clause 3 of the commercial activities exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), provides for jurisdict…
20-1071 West Virginia, ex rel. June Yurish, et al. v. Laura V. Faircloth, Judge, Circuit Court of West Virginia, 23rd Judicial Circuit, et al. West Virginia Denied 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process joint-representation sixth-amendment standing supremacy-clause Whether a state precedent violates the Supremacy Clause and the 6th Amendment
20-1072 Chad Thompson, et al. v. Richard Michael DeWine, Governor of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1) anderson-burdick anderson-burdick-test ballot-access ballot-initiative electoral-rights first-amendment initiative recurring-issue signature-gathering strict-scrutiny Whether and how the First Amendment applies to regulations that impede a person's ability to place an initiative on the ballot
20-1074 Sedfrey M. Linsangan v. Alice M. Taijeron, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process election-law first-amendment free-speech guam-law legal-burden political-office standing Question not identified
20-1075 John Robert Reichard, et ux. v. Russell A. Brown, Chapter 13 Trustee Ninth Circuit Denied administrative-law administrative-procedure bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure chapter-13-bankruptcy due-process federal-statutory-interpretation local-rules privacy privacy-protection tax-return-confidentiality tax-returns Whether the privacy protections due Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtors' income tax returns can be denied by a local rule of bankruptcy procedure
20-1082 Raymond Gardner v. Matthew T. Mglej Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search identification identification-statute law-enforcement qualified-immunity terry-stop Whether it was clearly established in 2011 that an arrest under Utah Code Section 76-8-301.5() for refusal to hand over an identification document vio…
20-1085 Scott Erik Stafne v. Thomas S. Zilly, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 article-iii civil-rights due-process good-behaviour-tenure judicial-independence judicial-tenure jurisdictional-challenge separation-of-powers standing Whether the challenge that a jurist is not an Article III judge because she or he does not have 'good behaviour' tenure is a jurisdictional one which …
20-1086 Randall G. Stephens v. Dow Chemical Company Ohio Denied access-to-courts constitutional-rights court-access due-process impartial-jury judicial-discretion public-trial speedy-trial vexatious-litigator Whether Administrative Judge John J. Russo's, Journal Entry of April 15, 2019 and Judge Brendan J. Sheehan's, Journal Entry of February 26, 2020 denyi…
20-1091 Robert L. Schulz v. Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, et al. New York Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment government-accountability government-obligations petition-clause public-records republican-form-of-government state-statute Whether the lower Court has misapplied Minnesota State Bd. for Community Colls. v. Knight, 465 US. 271 (1984)
20-1096 Philip Jay Fetner v. Hotel Street Capital, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction chapter-11-bankruptcy civil-rights constitutional-appeal constitutional-rights due-process final-order mootness Whether the appellate courts erred in denying a constitutional appeal on the false premise of lack of jurisdiction
20-1097 Karen C. Han v. Yangrai Cho Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure domicile due-process foreign-citizenship foreign-defendant forum-state general-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction Whether a defendant who is a citizen of foreign country but is domiciled in a forum state is subject to the forum's exercise of general personal juris…
20-1102 Michael James Hanna v. Little League Baseball, Inc. California Denied access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process pro-se-litigant standing vexatious-litigant Whether California's vexatious-litigant-statute unconstitutionally-deprives-a-litigant-of-due-process-and-access-to-the-courts
20-1104 Irina Tesoriero v. Carnival Corporation, dba Carnival Cruise Line Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-inference circuit-split civil-procedure discovery evidence evidentiary-standard federal-courts legal-sanction sanctions spoliation spoliation-of-evidence Whether federal courts may grant an adverse inference as a sanction for negligent spoliation of evidence
20-1107 Roddie Melvin v. Federal Express Corporation Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived age-discrimination circuit-split eleventh-circuit employment-discrimination evidence-standard preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence seventh-circuit standard-of-proof summary-judgment What standard of proof must courts apply in evaluating summary judgment motions in employment-discrimination cases?
20-1112 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam Denied Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law contract-clause due-process equal-protection government-contracts patent patent-law separation-of-powers stare-decisis Whether Justice Barrett must enforce the Supreme Court's stare decisis precedents prohibiting repudiation of government-issued patent grants
20-1115 Christopher R. Granton v. Washington State Lottery Ninth Circuit Denied 11th-amendment civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment federal-jurisdiction judicial-bias lottery-dispute property-rights standing state-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in its rulings on this case?
20-1117 Philip Jay Fetner v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-matters chapter-conversion conflicts-among-federal-courts constitutional-mandate constitutional-mandates equitable-mootness jurisdictional-deadline national-legal-standard supervisory-role timing-of-conversion-order Should the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' invocation of equitable-mootness foreclosing Petitioner's appeal of the Bankruptcy Court's denial of an ex…
20-1118 Robert Grundstein v. Lamoille Superior Docket Entries/Orders, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud rooker-feldman standing state-court-review void-ab-initio Should the Circuit Splits with respect to the Rooker-Feldman Fraud Exception be reconciled in favor of the exception?
20-1122 Edward B. Fleury v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process law-enforcement second-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether Massachusetts gun storage law M.G.L. c. 140, § 131L is unconstitutionally vague and violates the Second, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-1124 Michael Don Leatherwood v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden Tenth Circuit Denied affidavit criminal-procedure due-process fair-warning ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion probation probation-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner subject to the release conditions of probation while he was in prison?
20-1126 Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo, et al. v. Unknown Defendants Massachusetts Denied 35-usc-145 35-usc-261 adverse-possession federal-circuit patent-application patent-ownership property-rights quiet-title standing-doctrine try-title uspto-procedure Does a party asserting ownership to a patent application have a right to a state (commonwealth) action like either a Massachusetts quiet action or a M…
20-1133 Nicholas L. Triantos v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-HE4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE4, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federalism mgc-93a remand separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that one Count under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was sufficient to confer Federal Jurisdictio…
20-1136 Peter Capote v. Alabama Alabama Denied 6th-amendment aggravating-circumstances capital-punishment death-penalty judicial-fact-finding judicial-weighing jury-trial mitigating-circumstances sentencing-scheme sixth-amendment Whether the Alabama death penalty sentencing scheme violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial
20-1140 Angela W. DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied appeal appeal-rights civil-procedure consolidation due-process final-judgment pro-se-litigant rule-42-consolidation rules-enabling-act self-representation substantive-right substantive-rights Whether a Rule 42 consolidation can deprive a party of a substantive right—the right to an appeal from a final judgment—when the Rules Enabling Act pr…
20-1142 Atlantic Richfield Company v. Asarco LLC Ninth Circuit Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived bankruptcy cercla contribution contribution-claim environmental-liability judicial-settlement liability response-action settlement statutory-interpretation Whether a judicially approved settlement that conclusively determines a party's obligation to perform response actions 'resolves its liability' for 's…
20-1155 Jonas David Nelson v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Amici (2)Response Waived cognitive-deficits cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-without-parole mental-illness proportionality proportionality-review Whether the Eighth Amendment right to narrow proportionality review of sentences of life without release entails a right to a hearing at which evidenc…
20-1160 West Ventures L.P., fka Sleiman Ventures, L.P., et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived affected-item affected-items irs-examination outside-basis partner-level-adjustments partnership-items partnership-taxation statute-of-limitations tax-partnership tefra Whether a partner's outside basis is a 'partnership item' or an 'affected item'
20-1166 Jorel Shophar, et ux. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 4th-amendment child-welfare child-welfare-act constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment seizure state-seizures Is the 1974 Child Welfare Act of Child Protective Services violating U.S. Citizens Constitutional Rights
20-1178 Pacific Choice Seafood Company, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference commerce-secretary fishery-management quota-limits quota-shares statutory-interpretation Whether a court should defer, under Chevron, to an interpretation made by an advisory council that is not itself a federal agency, as part of that cou…
20-1182 Leonardo Tapia-Felix v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
20-1225 Jenean Elizabeth Winston, et al. v. Mark Anthony Walsh Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-notice affidavit civil-procedure hague-convention prejudice service-of-process Did the Court of Appeals err in affirming the District Court's dismissal of the case due to insufficient service of process?
20-1230 In Re Reginald L. Sydnor Denied Response Waived administrative-law-judge administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act constitutional-appointment due-process lucia-v-sec mandamus merit-systems-protection-board standing united-states-constitution Does petitioner's repeated timely requests for his appropriate ALJ due process hearing before a constitutionally appointed board ALJ, although all wer…
20-1237 Blanche A. Brown v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived duty-to-protect federal-tort-claims-act ftca-claim patient-abuse patient-protection procedural-error rule-41-dismissal va-negligence va-security-policy victim-rights-act witness-protection Whether the Magistrate Judge exceeded authority and the District Court abused discretion in dismissing FTCA negligence complaint
20-1260 Maria Rita Castillo, aka Maria Rita Moreno Velasquez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
20-1269 Amanda Kay Renfroe, et al. v. Robert Denver Parker, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-doctrine qualified-immunity separation-of-powers standing Qualified-immunity-violates-separation-of-powers
20-1270 Scott Erik Stafne v. Bank of New York Mellon Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-three boundary-lines federalism judicial-power real-property res senior-judges state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Federalism structure of government prevented the District Court from assuming subject-matter jurisdiction over a real property res for pur…
20-1274 Richard G. Wern v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct South Carolina Denied Response Waived disciplinary-counsel due-process lawyer-discipline legal-ethics professional-conduct public-protection punitive sanction supreme-court unannounced-standard Did the South Carolina Supreme Court deny Petitioner Richard G. Wern of due process of law
20-1280 Joseph Cotropia v. Mary Chapman Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law fair-warning fourth-amendment government-immunity per-se-unreasonable probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure warrantless-search warrantless-searches Whether the presumption that warrantless searches are per se unreasonable is so obvious a violation of the Fourth Amendment that the presumption gives…
20-1281 Byron Dredd v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1001 18-usc-1519 18-usc-241 acquittal civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy false-statements religious-communication trial-evidence Whether petitioner's acquittals on two counts should have been admitted into evidence in petitioner's retrial
20-1282 In Re Kaysha F. N. Dery Denied administrative-detention civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus immigration immigration-law indigenous-rights terrorism torture Is it constitutional to detain someone who is fleeing torture and terrorism?
20-1283 Margaret Temponeras v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split controlled-substances-act criminal-liability medical-boards medical-practice pain-management pharmaceutical-companies prosecutorial-discretion vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04 are unconstitutionally vague whereas the term 'legitimate medical purpose' does not provide fair notic…
20-1289 NetScout Systems, Inc., et al. v. Packet Intelligence LLC Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 enhanced-damages good-faith-defenses patent-eligibility patent-infringement section-101 technological-subject-matter treble-damages willful-infringement Whether a finding of willful infringement justifying treble damages may be based solely on the defendant's conduct following the filing of the suit
20-1290 In Re Adesijuola Ogunjobi Denied Response Waived civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights class-action covid-19 covid-19-challenge doj-officials due-process intervention-motion loan-blocking standing statutory-relief Whether DOJ officials have the authority to block $25,000,000 in loan secured by Petitioner to retain attorneys to prosecute the COVID-19 class action…
20-1300 Emilio Torres Luque, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived cross-border-residency double-taxation international-tax-law ninth-circuit reciprocity residency revenue-procedure supremacy-clause tax-treaty treaty-interpretation Is the US-Mexico tax treaty being applied correctly to dual residents?
20-1301 Kenneth Charles McNeil, aka Chip v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 all-writs-act coram-nobis equitable-relief federal-courts federal-equity judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation united-states-v-morgan writ-of-relief Whether the federal courts have the proper standard for granting coram nobis relief
20-1304 In Re Rexford Tweed Denied conflict-with-constitution constitutional-violation due-process florida-sentencing-statute habeas-corpus indefinite-sentence indeterminate-sentence parole-eligibility sixth-amendment Whether the life portion of Florida Capital Criminal sentencing statute §775.082 (1) and (6) (1987) is unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution
20-1314 Joshua Gregory Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation legal-procedure paid-citation sixth-amendment traffic-stop unlawful-search Whether Counsel's decision not to suppress evidence unlawfully seized from a traffic stop because a traffic citation was paid, then relying on that pa…
20-1319 Victor Manuel Solorzano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment judicial-integrity judicial-review plain-error search-and-seizure unreasonable-search whether-the-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-erred-in-its-plain-error-analysis
20-209 Ali Gadelhak v. AT&T Services, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split consent database-telemarketing smartphone statutory-interpretation telemarketing telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the definition of an 'automatic telephone dialing system' (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) encompasses only systems t…
20-302 Steven Dotson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review predicate-convictions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation substitute-predicate-convictions If a defendant successfully challenges on collateral review one or more of the predicate convictions that the district court relied on to impose a sen…
20-308 La Boom Disco, Inc. v. Radames Duran Second Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-court-interpretation federal-communications-commission hobbs-act human-intervention random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-definition telephone-consumer-protection-act Does the statutory definition of ATDS encompass any device that can 'store' telephone numbers, even if the device does not 'us[e] a random or sequenti…
20-363 Frederick R. Whatley v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (12) circuit-split federal-law habeas habeas-corpus holbrook-v-flynn ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice shackling strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Does a state court unreasonably apply federal law when, in determining whether a person suffered prejudice as a result of ineffective assistance of co…
20-418 Melanie Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split human-intervention predictive-dialer random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the TCPA's definition of an 'automatic telephone dialing system' encompasses predictive dialers that automatically dial telephone numbers stor…
20-479 David C. Shinn v. Ryan Robert Baker Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) adversarial-system appellate-procedure case-transformation civil-procedure gvr judicial-restraint ninth-circuit party-presentation sineneng-smith summary-reversal Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision violated the principle of party presentation
20-5504 Kevin L. Martin v. Cathleen Capron, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-pleading jurisdictional-review pleading-standards procedural-standards qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the Petitioner's due process and equal protection claims were correctly dismissed by the distric…
20-5532 Larry Golden v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-review fifth-amendment government-taking government-use implied-in-fact-contract intellectual-property just-compensation takings Has the Government taken private property under the Fifth Amendment Clause of the U.S. Constitution for the benefit of the public without paying just …
20-5594 William N. Lucy v. Estate of Annie D. Fox Alabama Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-law circuit-court civil-rights discretion due-process estate-administration judicial-review probate procedural-requirements standing Whether the Mobile County Probate Court abused its discretion by ignoring Alabama law, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 43-2-42, and refusing to appoint …
20-5989 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-rights court-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation pro-se sanctions Whether it was proper to impose sanctions and attorney's fees on a pro se petitioner, when the petitioner did not have an opportunity to respond at th…
20-6054 Alex Cori Tribue v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process notice notice-requirement prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement Whether, on collateral review, the government may maintain a sentencing enhancement under the ACCA by substituting a different conviction that it did …
20-607 Tatyana E. Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure board-of-trustees california-government-code claim-presentation contractor due-process government-claim government-claims government-code public-agency statute-of-limitations Does the local Public Agency have a right to refuse to assign a Board of Trustees and to assign a Contractor who is not directly employed by the Agenc…
20-6139 Pedro Alvarado v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment property-rights search-and-seizure takings Whether the government's seizure of a person's property without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreaso…
20-6260 Sherman Johnson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP eighth-circuit equal-protection fifth-amendment flowers-v-mississippi foster-v-chatman juror-strikes jury-selection miller-el-v-dretke prosecutorial-discrimination voir-dire Whether the District Court and United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered the full context of the other evidence of discriminati…
20-6325 Krystal Megan Delima v. Walmart Stores Arkansas, LLC Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct motion-for-new-trial preponderance-of-evidence transcript-irregularities Whether a Motion for a New Trial, FRCP Rule 59, should had been granted?
20-6366 James W. Riley v. Delaware Delaware Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation Whether the Delnusace Supceme Court's rule that alu lnoligent defendanct must accept his teal counsel's decision to plea coutty to ficst degcee capita…
20-637 Darrell Hemphill v. New York New York Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law hearsay-exception right-to-confrontation testimonial-hearsay trial-strategy Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant who opens the door to responsive evidence also forfeits his right to exclude evidence other…
20-6413 Maxine Shepard v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause pro-se-litigant procedural-default service-of-process standing Whether the COA improperly held in conflict with other courts that the Petitioner did not show good cause to excuse procedural default and allow for a…
20-6423 Byron Lee v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP breach-of-contract breach-of-duty equal-protection federal-question feha feha-violation procedural-due-process removal removal-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the lower courts commit Equal Protection or FEHA violations?
20-6487 Andrew Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge sentencing suppression-of-evidence Question not identified
20-6498 Tony Barksdale v. Jefferson Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eighth-amendment eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent Did the Eleventh Circuit misconstrue this Court's guidance in Buck v. Davis when it denied Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability?
20-6501 Shannon Riley v. Carrie Kathleen Meehan South Carolina Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit original-jurisdiction public-interest writ-of-mandamus Has the 'public interest' requirement been met under the Full Faith and Credit Clause to entertain review of a petition for a Writ of Mandamus?
20-6525 Gerald Aranoff v. Susan Aranoff New York Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals divorce-proceedings due-process judicial-decision-making judicial-interpretation legal-principles pension-division standing state-constitutional-law Are the NYS Court of Appeals' rulings consistent with the NYS constitutional requirement to articulate statewide principles of law in the context of d…
20-6563 Isaiah Devon Stallworth v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals causation civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard petitioner standing Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that Petitioner failed to make the requisite showing to receive a COA, when two other Circuits have rul…
20-6599 Randy Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeal circuit-split criminal-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis retained-counsel Whether a criminal defendant represented by retained counsel in the district court must show that his appeal is taken in good faith to proceed in form…
20-6640 James David Perryman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
20-674 Tito Michael Uzodinma v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eighth Circuit Denied None
20-6754 Alford Donta Tarpley v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP borden-v-united-states burris-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing precedent robbery sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-law ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of robbery by injury constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2?
20-6773 Artavius Dontrell Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary circuit-split fair-warning reckless-causation serious-bodily-injury texas-penal-code texas-robbery theft violent-felony Is Texas aggravated robbery a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act?
20-6780 Guillermina Aguilar v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. California Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure foreclosure legal-standing loan-servicing mortgage mortgage-ownership note payment-collection reconveyance-certificate standing trustee trustee-status Whether Wells Fargo Bank N.A. has standing to litigate this case when the note was allegedly owned by Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC
20-6791 Alvin Christopher Penn v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP affirmative-defense commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law felon-in-possession interstate-commerce minimal-nexus united-states-v-bailey united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-scarborough Whether United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), compels overruling Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977)
20-6871 Angnem Green v. New York New York Denied IFP closing-argument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether the New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department erred in finding Petitioner's Constitutional right to a fair trial was not violate…
20-6961 Christopher Scott Pfoff v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Question not identified.
20-6976 Timothy Tijwan Doctor v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure different-occasions federal-court non-elemental-facts plea-colloquy prior-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement whether-a-federal-court-may-increase-a-defendant's-sentence-under-the-armed-career-criminal-act
20-7025 Derrick Michael Allen, Jr. v. Orlando Hudson, Jr. Fourth Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus immunity monetary-relief post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's order dismissing Petitioner's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915 without d…
20-7038 David Paul Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-921-a-33 criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearms firearms-possession mens-rea misdemeanor-domestic-violence plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) must be reversed
20-7045 In Re Cyrus Linton Brooks Denied IFP appearance-of-justice appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court district-court due-process extraordinary-writ judicial-review procedural-fairness Did the review treatment accorded the request for the issuance of a certificate of appealability by a circuit judge fail to satisfy the appearance of …
20-7051 Tomas Zavalidroga v. United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech iccpr pro-se-litigant standing vexatious-litigant Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) pro…
20-7053 Hector Manuel Torres v. Texas Texas Denied IFP effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance plea-bargain retroactivity sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether the ruling in Ghaidez V United States deprives certain people of the right to equal protection by allowing defense counsel to withhold a vital…
20-7056 Faramarz Mehdipour v. Heather Coyle, Judge, et al. Oklahoma Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-challenges frivolous habeas-corpus malicious procedural-deficiencies sentencing-disparities standing Whether the Oklahoma Supreme Court should provide a list of the cases they claim to be frivolous or malicious, and afford the petitioner an opportunit…
20-7060 Charles Lee Mosier, Sr. v. Texas Texas Denied IFP collateral-proceedings constitutional-review constitutional-standards due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Does a state's initial-review post-conviction collateral proceedings meet constitutional standards when those proceedings fail to provide a prisoner t…
20-7061 Frank Durand Tomlin v. Todd E. Ishee Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment basic-human-needs civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection prison-conditions public-policy standing Does prison officials' issuance of hygiene and cosmetics that do not work to prisoners constitute deprivation of a basic human need objectively suffic…
20-7067 Wilma Pennington-Thurman v. Sansone Group DDR LLC Missouri Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction state-courts state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts should gain jurisdiction when a state supreme court refuses to recognize 28 U.S.C. 1446(d)
20-7075 J. P. Parnell v. Doctor Chen, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-litigation judicial-discretion medical-need prison-reform procedural-bar standing At what point does the judiciary have an obligation to curtail efforts to procedurally bar inmate litigation and consider gross salient factors that a…
20-7092 Marlon L. Watford v. Randy Pfister, et al. Seventh Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioners' claims
20-7093 Noel Christopher Turner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins statutory-provisions Are the lower Courts misinterpreting and applying the United States Supreme Courts decision in McQuiggin v. Perkins?
20-7104 Vincent Lyle Badkin v. Lockheed Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement duty-of-fair-representation judicial-review labor-management-relations labor-management-relations-act section-301 wrongful-termination Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in misquoting the plaintiff's complaint and incorrectly opining that the plaintiff alleged the union …
20-7111 Carlos Lopez-Vanegas v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence-presentation judicial-interpretation jurisdiction jury-trial state-court Should the 'Speedy Process' globally regarded as a 'Miracle Appeal' be properly adjudicated?
20-7123 Kenneth R. Heddlesten v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit Denied IFP conviction-finality district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus haynes-v-kerner jurisdiction limitations-period pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation When was conviction final?
20-7131 Shean Elkins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights marriage-equality sexual-orientation Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause prohibit the government from denying a person's right to marry based…
20-7139 Chayce Aaron Anderson v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel substitute-counsel Whether the trial Court abused its discretion in denying Mr. Anderson's request for the appointment of substitute counsel and defense counsel's motion…
20-7145 Rasheik Amond Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-offense jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error Whether a defendant who was found guilty after a jury trial to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g), is automatically ent…
20-7147 Joe Angel Acosta, III v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions post-conviction-relief procedural-default sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the petitioner's constitutional and statutory rights were violated in the proceedings leading to his conviction and sentence
20-7148 Benjamin W. Fawley v. David Jablonski, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-violations contracts-clause criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-errors sentencing standing takings Is it proper for the U.S. District Court to dismiss the motions for joinder filed by the defendants?
20-7149 Michael John Gaddy v. C. E. Ducart, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP due-process greenholtz-v-inmates liberty-interest minimal-protections parole prison-officials Whether petitioner was afforded minimal due process protections as set forth in Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, 442 …
20-7151 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Clifton Harrold, Sheriff, Lane County, Oregon Ninth Circuit Denied IFP bail civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel speedy-trial state-court-review Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability when the petitioner raised debatable constitutional issues
20-7153 Anthony Lonnie Forbes v. SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 1981 civil-rights civil-rights-act contractual-relationship contractual-relationships employment employment-discrimination federal-arbitration-act retaliation section-1981 Where the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits racial discrimination in contractual relationships,…
20-7155 James Scott, Jr. v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law content-moderation free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure social-media statutory-interpretation Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
20-7158 Raymond J. Ramirez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review certificate-of-appeal criminal-procedure due-process florida-rules habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge standing Whether a certificate of appealability should have been granted
20-7159 Danny L. Smith v. Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights congressional-intent court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-conflict standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's decision bars petitioner's claims of statutory rights under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
20-7161 Tyrell E. Artis v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal res-judicata sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Can a plea deal consisting of two (2) misdemeanor domestic violence charges be withdrew post sentence, when; (1) no direct appeal was taken; (2) said …
20-7165 Robin E. Jackson v. Marsha Josiah, as Trustee California Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-fairness laches probate probate-court procedural-due-process standing state-proceedings trust-litigation Whether 14th Amendment Procedural due process violated by Probate court based on principles of 'fundamental fairness
20-7176 Jeffrey S. Davis v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-law certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court habeas-petition judicial-review legal-error procedural-default Did the Court of Appeals err by not addressing the certified questions from the district court?
20-7178 Nolan C. Turner, III v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief retroactivity right-to-counsel second-degree-murder trial-counsel Whether trial counsel's concession of guilt to second-degree murder, over the defendant's express objection, violated the defendant's right to maintai…
20-7179 Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule 60…
20-7192 Phillip Vance Smith, II v. Josh Stein, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactivity sixth-amendment teague-doctrine Whether the rule announced in Melony v. Louisiana, 138 U.S. 1500 (2018) applies retroactively to cases on collateral review
20-7193 John C. Stuart v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-impartiality due-process judicial-bias pecuniary-conflict pecuniary-interest private-prison private-prisons state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction takings Do this Court's holding in Tumey v. Ohio and Ward v. Village of Monroeville apply to cases wherein additional money is paid to the judge for convictio…
20-7203 Chiron Sharrol Francis v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-clause crane-v-kentucky crime-scene-evidence due-process evidence-authentication evidence-preservation fair-trial right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment Did the police's bad-faith-handling-of-evidence deny the defendant due-process-and-fair-trial
20-7221 William David Cannon v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-prejudice criminal-procedure cumulative-effect due-process fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Fourth Circuit's judicial precedence of not reviewing multiple ineffective assistance of counsel claims for the cumulative effect and aggr…
20-723 Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Susan Allan, et al. Sixth Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system civil-procedure federal-regulation number-generation random-or-sequential-number-generator standing statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the definition of an 'automatic telephone dialing system' (ATDS) in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) encompasses any devic…
20-7241 Rene Gosselin v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defendant evidence-law fourth-amendment medical-records privacy privacy-rights standing third-party-doctrine Does a criminal defendant have a Fourth Amendment right of privacy in his medical provider's records, such that the Third Party Doctrine does not appl…
20-7260 Al Rue Hopkins v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment blood-draw dui dui-investigation exigency-exception exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether Florida statues 316.1933(1)(a) violates Petitioner's right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures
20-7262 Melvin Stills v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure conflicting-opinions court-opinion due-process judicial-integrity legal-procedure merits-review record-completeness waiver Did the Pennsylvania Superior Court violate the due process rights of the Petitioner when it issued two opinions that conflicted on whether the record…
20-7274 Michael Diabolis Griffis, Sr. v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process faretta-standard federal-courts pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision conflicts with clearly established law in Fareita v. California and conflicts with the decisions o…
20-7275 Alvin Herron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation prior-record sixth-amendment Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability
20-7289 Bobby Campbell, Jr. v. Bottling Group, LLC Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment civil-rights comparator-analysis employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas pretext seventh-amendment similarly-situated summary-judgment title-vii Does the 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit courts from measuring degrees of similarity to grant summary judgment on the factual…
20-7310 Derrick Arnold Johnson v. Raybon C. Johnson, Jr., Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review Did the Ninth Circuit misapply the standard for the issuance of a certificate of appealability (COA) articulated by this Court in cases such
20-732 David Wyche v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-review civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-termination occupational-safety prima-facie-case termination whistleblower whistleblower-protection workplace-safety Under the OSH Act of 1970 Do I fit the criteria as a whistleblower
20-7320 Zbigniew Laskowski v. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights de-novo-review due-process evidence judicial-findings prosecutorial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation Whether the appellate court must apply de novo review where the trial judge failed to make specific findings on the prosecution's justifications for o…
20-7343 Justin David Williams v. Utah Utah Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence hearsay sixth-amendment standard-of-review witness-testimony Whether the court of appeals erred in its admission of the father's 911 call under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule
20-7345 Willie Ray Lewis v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abortion appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-regulations standing statutory-interpretation Whether Louisiana's law requiring a physician performing an abortion to have admitting privileges at a local hospital is unconstitutional
20-7361 Robert Eugene Ayers v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine jury-trial mental-health seventh-amendment sexual-predator sexually-violent-predator Was Petitioner entitled by the Incorporation of the Seventh Amendment's Jury Trial Clause into the Fourteenth Amendment to Trial By Jury in a State Ci…
20-7364 James Baldwin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance mental-disability sixth-amendment Whether Appellant was denied rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-7367 Sherwood Laran Bostic v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court constitutional-right constitutional-rights counsel due-process evidentiary-hearing post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel state-court-proceedings state-proceeding Did the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal err when it denied (COA) status on the point raised that the U.S. District Court erred when it sustained that pet…
20-7370 Avery Bradford v. Clinton Perry, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-7372 Terry Lee Ockert, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause plain-error rule-12 rule-52 suppression-motion Whether the court of appeals should review an untimely suppression argument for plain error under Rule 52 or require a showing of good cause
20-7380 Michael Eugene Wyatt v. John Sutton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-elements deliberation first-degree-murder habeas-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-precedent precedent premeditation premeditation-and-deliberation state-law sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Ninth Circuit improperly disregard and/or overlook United State Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent that required it to defer to Califor…
20-7384 Samuel Rasheen Rymond Toliver v. K. Adner Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process exhaustion-of-remedies first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech solitary-confinement Was the treatment of the Petitioner on 5/30/17, being forced into Solitary Confinement for asserting his U.S.C.A. Const. First Amendment Unconstitutio…
20-7395 Antonio E. Wills v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence career-offender certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement section-2255 statutory-maximum Did the appellate court err in denying a certificate of appealability on whether the district court erred or alternatively abuse its discretion by den…
20-740 Jim Bognet, et al. v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-deadline election-integrity elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection judicial-overreach mail-in-ballots purcell-v-gonzalez standing Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court usurped the Pennsylvania General Assembly's authority
20-7400 Drashawn Bartlett v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 double-jeopardy felony-murder fifth-amendment harris-precedent harris-v-oklahoma robbery sixth-circuit Can the offense of robbery be included as an element in a felony murder instruction and also presented separately in a jury instruction for robbery wi…
20-7404 De Andre Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act individual-victim interstate-commerce intra-state-robbery mandatory-sentencing robbery software-purchase Whether the intra-state robbery of an individual satisfies the interstate commerce nexus sufficient for a Hobbs Act prosecution
20-7408 Trystan Keun Napper v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-interpretation plain-error standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) permits courts of appeals to grant appellate relief in the absence of error shown by binding preceden…
20-7409 Eduardo Pena-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deference federal-courts judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors?
20-7415 Keith Griffin v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment curtilage fishing-expedition fourth-amendment home-privacy implied-license probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search Whether police can search the curtilage of a home without evidence of a crime
20-7417 Allen Pace, III v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7418 Javon Joshua Jennings v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-witness obstruction-of-justice witness-tampering Can the appellant be charged with tampering with a government witness?
20-7419 Kamil Johnson v. W. E. Mackelburg, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-2254 constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance iowa-supreme-court juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama post-conviction-relief Whether the lower courts acted unconstitutionally in denying the habeas corpus petition
20-7421 Jefferson Levine v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) circuit-conflict criminal-resentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion post-sentencing-conduct section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether consideration of § 3553(a) factors is mandatory under First-Step-Act-Section-404(b)
20-7428 Aldo Marones v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights due-process evidence firearms sentencing Whether the sentencing court erred in imposing a 100-year sentence for a weapons-related conviction
20-7437 Frederico Ramsey v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment amendment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent mayle-v-felix Whether the district court and the tenth circuit decisions conflict with the decisions of this court in Mayle v. Felix, when the district court erred …
20-7438 Christopher Stegawski v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP addiction chronic-pain chronic-pain-treatment criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-enforcement due-process federal-prosecution medical-licensing medical-practice-standard medical-prescribing opioid-prescribing When does chronic pain treatment prescribing to addicts become illegal?
20-7439 Michael Luis Suarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) actual-innocence categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining predicate-offense procedural-default sentencing-guidelines statutory-enhancement Whether a defendant may be enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) where he entered a plea of guilty to an offense that no longer qualifies as a predicate o…
20-7441 Konstantin Rudenko v. Raymond Shanley, Superintendent, Coxsackie Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts free-speech standing Did the federal district court err in dismissing the petitioner's claims under the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendm…
20-7444 Toddrey Bruce v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anonymous-911-call circuit-split fourth-amendment high-crime-area law-enforcement navarette-v-california probable-cause reasonable-suspicion second-amendment traffic-stop Whether the 'absence of additional suspicious conduct' can dispel reasonable suspicion of unlawful gun use
20-7446 Juan Luis Rivera Arreola v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split co-defendant-liability criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense federal-sentencing-guidelines firearm-enhancement reasonable-foreseeability sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade U.S.S.G.-2D1.1(b)(1) Sentencing-enhancement-for-firearm-possession
20-7448 Shuntario Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP chambers-v-mississippi confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay jury-instructions right-to-confront-witnesses right-to-present-defense right-to-present-evidence sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Circuit's decision to affirm the hearsay objection was contrary to Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 302 (1973) and its progeny…
20-7449 Michael Nunez, aka Gordo v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a) 3553a-factors appellate-review appellate-waiver constitutional-review due-process judicial-bias judicial-discretion plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-bias Whether a sentence imposed by an apparently biased judge, based on material falsehood, disregard of the 3553(a) factors, legally unfounded fixed polic…
20-7451 David K. Jenner v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP colorado-revised-statute colorado-statute constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment johnson-v-us unconstitutional Is Colorado Revised Statute § 17-22.5-403(2)-(3.5) unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment due process protections?
20-7452 Despina Neuph Lucas v. Social Security Administration Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
20-7453 Douglas D. Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation venue Whether the venue was proper in the Northern District of Indiana
20-7456 Rafael Ayala-Solorio v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-7457 Mark Andrew Morris v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standard merits-review standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent threshold-inquiry Did the United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, use an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard which conflicts…
20-7458 Promila Rajput v. Tiffany Terrell, et al. Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-misconduct due-process injunctive-order judicial-discretion misconduct procedural-abuse secured-rights standing witness-tampering Whether the injunctive rulings manifest improper purpose to tamper with the petitioner presenting as a witness, diminish the petitioner's secured righ…
20-7459 Herman Rosario v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule good-faith-exception independent-determination motion-to-suppress physical-evidence probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-application Whether the district court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress physical evidence
20-7461 David Kendrick v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregation alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-quantity mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing rowe-interpretation threshold-quantity united-states-v-rowe Whether the government must prove the defendant conspired to actually possess the threshold drug amount at a given time, rather than rely on an aggreg…
20-7465 Johnny Andres Asuncion, III v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-sentencing felony-drug-offense mandatory-minimum ninth-circuit-precedent predicate-offense recidivism sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit ruling is inconsistent with prior rulings and ignores Supreme Court precedent
20-7467 Timothy Wayne Carver v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Where plea counsel's ineffective assistance causes a defendant to misapprehend the consequences of pleading guilty, may the defendant obtain relief ev…
20-7468 Aaron Feazell v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-protection-order constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-fairness notice variance variance-doctrine Whether there is sufficient evidence to satisfy Due Process and to convict the defendant for disobeying the hundred (100) yard provision of the order,…
20-7469 Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala v. Rene Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit clearly erred in denying Hernandez-Ayala's request for a certificate of appealability
20-7471 Christian Joseph Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's application for a Certificate of Appealability without any analysis of whether the District…
20-7472 David Maurice Milner v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction reconsideration rule-59-motion section-2255 successive-motions Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability
20-7473 Ivan Dario Obregon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error plea-agreement sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines Are unforeseeable sentencing mistakes beyond the scope of federal appeal waivers?
20-7475 Corry Jessie v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction enhancement extraneous-offense felony relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines Did the district court err in applying a 4-level enhancement for 'in connection with another felony offense'?
20-7476 Jose Armondo Ramos Cabrera v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review two-level-enhancement Whether the court erred when it denied defendant's objection to the two level enhancement for possession of a firearm
20-7477 Hakimah Jabbar v. James L. Graham, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-law circuit-conflict conflict-of-laws due-process fiduciary-duty forfeited-property property-law statutory-interpretation trust-beneficiary trust-law Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Cir. erred in affirming the District Court decision, which directly conflicts with the Appeals Court's own prior…
20-7483 Luis Andres Medel-Guadalupe v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii delegation-of-authority inpatient-treatment outpatient-treatment probation-officer supervised-release Does a district court's delegation of authority to a probation officer to determine whether a person on supervised release undergoes inpatient treatme…
20-7486 Carlos Guzman-Merced v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2106 appellate-remedy appellate-review criminal-procedure indictment indictment-dismissal judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review remedial-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Court of Appeals can order an indictment dismissed as part of the appellate remedy
20-7488 William Douglas Hampton v. Mark Williams, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process electronic-fraud free-speech plea-agreement standing statutory-interpretation Does the specific wording of 18 USC § 2256(a) require that any 'visual depiction of such conduct' also require that the person knows or has reason to …
20-7489 Michael Formica v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fabricated-evidence fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-standards standing Whether the Fourth Circuit decision was debatable not to review the merits of the claims
20-7493 Jose Luis Sanchez, Jr. v. Donald Holbrook, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-terrorism-act article-iii constitutional-interpretation federal-courts federal-judicial-power federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-power state-court state-court-review Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2254(d) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) is unconstitutional
20-7494 Kirk A. Simmons v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-issue fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-innocence rule-60 rule-60-motion standing Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it dismissed petitioner's Rule 60 motion, which asserted evidence falsification and Fraud on the Cour…
20-7496 Maurice Spriggs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether federal carjacking qualifies as a crime of violence?
20-7498 Jose Federico Almeida-Olivas v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability dahda-v-united-states eighth-circuit federal-law habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing Whether the court properly denied COA
20-7501 Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-7503 Mark Randall Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation gut-feeling mail-chute post-office warrantless-search warrantless-seizure Whether the Warrantless Seizure of Packages from the Mail Chute at the U.S. Post Office Based on Nothing More than a 'Gut Feeling' Violates the Fourth…
20-7507 Christopher Faella v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2259 appellate-rights eighth-amendment plea-agreement restitution sentencing sentencing-appeal statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum waiver Whether a defendant's waiver in his plea agreement of the right to appeal his sentence precludes him from appealing an order of restitution that excee…
20-7508 James W. Campbell v. Tammy Brown, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law Whether exigent circumstances can validate an otherwise invalid search under a defective search warrant
20-7509 Erik Santiago Leon Del Angel v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP continuance criminal-procedure defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process immigration immigration-proceedings judicial-error jurisdiction procedural-fairness sentencing sentencing-continuance Did the District Court prejudicially err by denying petitioner's request to continue his sentencing so he may first appear in Immigration Court?
20-7510 In Re Leonard English Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fairness fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-discretion ninth-amendment Does any judge have the discretion to arbitrarily pick what relevant written & verified facts to consider and not apply them to governing laws for no …
20-7516 Josue Portillo v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment incorrigibility juvenile-justice juvenile-offenders miller-rule miller-v-alabama proportionality sentencing Whether, absent proof of incorrigibility, a district court can sentence a defendant to fifty-five years imprisonment without parole for participating …
20-7517 In Re Khayree Smith Dismissed IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-amendments denationalization due-process ex-post-facto genocide jurisdiction slave-labels slavery What branch of law authorized states to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, colored) to any person of African descent after 1865?
20-7519 Angadbir Singh Salwan v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abstract-idea administrative-law civil-rights due-process intellectual-property judicial-corruption patent patent-law standing supreme-court-precedent takings Whether the lower courts' rulings are tainted by corruption financed by China's Communist party, and whether the Supreme Court should reverse the CAFC…
20-7521 Lionel Lewis v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights courtroom-closure criminal-procedure due-process public-trial sixth-amendment undercover-officer Does an undercover officer's interest in potentially continuing undercover work in the general area where a defendant's family members reside categori…
20-7524 Mathew Ryan Byrd v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review parolee probationer search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the warrantless search and seizure of a person's home and personal effects based solely on the person's status …
20-7529 Brian E. Moore v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal attorney-client-privilege criminal-intent evidence obstruction threats Are mere statements of intent to commit a crime made in the course of an attorney-client representation protected by the attorney-client privilege?
20-7546 Reginald L. Shumpert v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process eminent-domain property-rights takings Whether the government's seizure of private property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
20-7552 Hugo Rufino Alvarez-Reyes v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing witness-credibility Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
20-7556 Terrence A. McKnight v. R. Johnson, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus harmless-error hearsay-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct standards-of-review Did the California Court of Appeal unreasonably determine that the established prosecutorial misconduct was harmless?
20-7575 In Re Ivory Lee Robinson Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection mandatory-minimum sentencing Whether the mandatory minimum sentence of 45 years imposed on Petitioner violates his rights to due process and equal protection under the 5th and 14t…
20-758 Audie Jay Reynolds v. U.S. Bank National Association Arizona Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights severability statutory-interpretation takings Does the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme provide good cause for removal of one or more of its provisions under severability?
20-7584 In Re Terril Lee Graham Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-threats due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech public-defender Is California Penal Code 422, Criminal Threats, an invalid statute, prohibiting the exercise of 1st Amendment free speech rights?
20-768 Gerardo Serrano v. United States Customs and Border Protection, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) appropriate-case civil-forfeiture due-process federal-law government-action legal-detention post-seizure-hearing split-in-circuits vehicle-seizure Does due process require a prompt post-seizure hearing for civil forfeiture?
20-781 United States, ex rel. Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza, Inc., et al. v. J.C. Remodeling, Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied Relisted (2) benefit-of-bargain benefit-of-the-bargain circuit-split damages damages-calculation false-claims-act intangible-benefits prejudice tainted-claim-theory treble-damages Whether courts should allow gross trebling or net trebling of damages under the False Claims Act
20-782 Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process firearms-prohibition gun-ownership individual-liberty misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment?
20-8 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, et al. v. Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. Second Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) bankruptcy-law creditor-rights financial-institution fraudulent-transfers merit-management-group merit-management-precedent preemption Whether the court of appeals correctly held that the presumption against preemption of state law does not apply to creditor-rights claims once federal…
20-812 Lisa M. Folajtar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felons felony-prohibition firearm-possession nonviolent-crimes second-amendment self-defense tax-fraud Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
20-863 Akeva L.L.C. v. Nike, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112 claim-construction claim-interpretation federal-circuit-split innovation-goals judicial-precedent patent-claim-construction patent-law patent-property-rights predictability property-rights public-notice Whether the Federal Circuit's 'heavy presumption' line of cases or its 'holistic' line should govern claim construction
20-877 Trinell King v. Ricky Pridmore, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-rights clearly-established excessive-force hope-v-peltzer police-misconduct qualified-immunity racial-bias summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton Whether the Eleventh Circuit disregarded the summary judgment standard in Trinell King's case and improperly weighed the evidence in favor of the Whit…
20-902 Kenneth E. Flick v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (4) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenges circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-copyright criminal-history felony-conviction felony-convictions firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment secures Ken Flick's right to keep and bear arms, notwithstanding his convictions for importing and selling counterfeit ca…
20-909 Iqbal S. Randhawa v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) california-law federal-truth-in-lending-act foreclosure jesinoski-v-countrywide property-possession quiet-title statute-of-limitations tila-rescission truth-in-lending-act Did the court of appeals nullify this Court's decision in Jesinoski when it held that Petitioner was required to file suit, not for rescission or dama…
20-932 Bobby L. Franklin v. D. J. Laughlin, et al. Nevada Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-fraud patent patent-rights quiet-title standing stare-decisis takings Has Petitioner Franklin's existing stare-decisis patent-rights been addressed or examined in any judiciary court to be enjoined from NRS-40.010-et-seg…
20-941 Gregory Atkins, et al. v. Kenneth Williams, Medical Director, Tennessee Department of Correction Sixth Circuit Denied 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment injunctive-relief lack-of-funds official-capacity prison-conditions subjective-component Does the unavailability of funds or other resources negate the subjective component of a deliberate indifference claim under the Eighth Amendment?
20-942 Christopher L. Buie v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-findings discrimination-claims employee-protection issue-preclusion substantial-evidence surface-transportation-assistance-act unsafe-acts vehicle-operation Does the 'refuses to operate' clause under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act afford protection to employees who refuse to commit unsafe acts w…
20-963 Stephen K. Walton, Sr. v. Virginia International Terminals, LLC Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) land-based marine-terminal-operator personal-injury preemption property-handling shipping-act shipping-act-1984 state-law terminal-operator time-limitation Whether a marine terminal operator's schedule of rates under the Shipping Act of 1984 can time-bar a land-based personal-injury action that is timely …
20-975 Freddie Owens v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights federal-appeals-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan procedural-default Whether the standard for determining if an underlying constitutional claim is 'substantial' under Martinez v. Ryan is the same as the standard for obt…
20-976 David H. Penny v. Lincoln's Challenge Academy Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-civil-rules judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigants standing summary-judgment What is the proper treatment of Pro Se litigants nationwide who make a technical error or other mistake for lack of knowledge or a misunderstanding of…
20-978 Poppi Metaxas v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining reasonable-probability trial Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel with respect to the plea process
20-982 Sharon Lynn Brown v. Polk County, Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) body-cavity-search civil-rights exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment pre-trial-detainee pretrial-detainee probable-cause search search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment permits jail officials to conduct a physical, penetrative search of the vagina and/or anus of a pretrial detainee without…
20M68 Antwan Lamar Hutchinson v. United States Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None